THE BEACH

Last Thursday evening Ralph & I went to Gulf Shores and stayed until Sunday, June 20. It's always nice to get away from home and all the chores that can keep you up and moving when you think about them.

I read A LOT and Ralph rested a lot. We didn't take the boat out, however, cause we didn't know which boat landings were open. Most in Gulf Shores were closed. We didn't really see any oil or "tar" balls either. But, another set of friends stopped by Sat. night and, as the wife is a beach wedding planner, she said that when she got into the water to cool off she had a film of oil on her.

We visited the Hot Air Balloon Festival with some friends and that was a bust. We saw no balloons as we weren't there at the right time.It was hot! And a lot of the vendors sold the same inventory. After the festival, we went with our friends, Rex and Brenda, and ate at Wintzell's then we went to the beach to see how it looked. It looked pretty good.

When we returned home yesterday, though, we both got in the pool and that was nice.